reading comprehension

Presented by John Carroll, GM, K12 Curriculum Services; and Natalie Wexler, Consultant and Author

Presented by Chrisie Moritz, Literacy Consultant, Heinemann Publishing

Presented by Natalie Wexler, Education Writer and Author

Presented by Donald Bear, Professor Emeritus and Literacy Center Director, Iowa State University and University of Nevada, Reno

Presented by Kristina Smekens, President, Lead Consultant, Smekens Education
Moderated by Monica Myers, Playbook Pro Remote Coach, Smekens Education

If schools are truly preparing all students for college and career readiness, then strong reading and literacy skills are a must. Star Connor, Region Superintendent of Transformation Schools in Hillsborough County Public Schools (FL), believes that all children can become proficient, but it takes continual planning and goal setting for each individual.

Presented by Dr. Gene Kerns, Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Renaissance

Readers may decode a word, but do they know what it means? Is the language in the texts they read compatible with what decodability dictates? And ultimately, does all that decoding make for reading comprehension?

Presented by Star Connor, Region Superintendent of Transformation Schools, Hillsborough County Public Schools (FL)

Presented by Dr. Elfrieda Hiebert, Author of Scholastic W.O.R.D., President and CEO of TextProject.org, and Research Associate at the University of California, Santa Cruz